Question

ally wants to plant a vegetable garden in her back yard. Her mom agrees that she can use a space 5/6 of the length of the

yard and ¼ the width of the yard.

1. What fraction of the total area of the backyard is Sally’s garden? Draw a model to justify your reasoning or explain

your reasoning in words.

2. Sally wants ½ of her garden planted with corn, 3/10 with beans, and 1/5 in tomatoes. What fraction of the total

area of the yard will be planted in each? Draw at least 1 model to justify your reasoning.

3. Sally’s backyard measures 75 ft by 60 ft. What is the area of Sally’s garden? How much area will be allotted for

corn? Beans? Tomatoes? Justify your reasoning with words, models, or equations.​

Answer 1

1) Generally speaking, 200 square feet of garden space per person in your family will allow for a harvest that feeds everyone year-round. So, for an average family of four, plan for an 800 square-foot garden—a plot that is 20 feet by 40 feet in size should do the trick

2) I don't know

3) To calculate the rectangular area multiply the short side by the long side (length x width). If a rectangle is 6 metres wide and 8 metres long it would be 48 square metres. Adding 10% for any issues would suggest you would need around 53 square metres of turf. To calculate the square area multiply both sides..